Hicks, Roe Win Fast Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile at 4th PRRO Circuit Stop

April 10, 2025

At the 52nd edition, Taylor Roe runs World Best; race champions also earned automatic berths to compete for the $20,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 28th PRRO Championship hosted by the Boilermaker 15K on July 13; $100,100 prize purse with $42,600 in USA Championship money awarded

WASHINGTON, DC (April 10, 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/  – At the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, on a cloudy Sunday morning, April 6, in the nation’s capital, the weather was cool, but the racing was record-setting hot. At the 2024-25 PRRO Circuit fourth stop, Charles Hicks from Eugene, OR and Taylor Roe from Raleigh, NC won their respective races in course record times of 45 minutes, 14 seconds and 49:53. Roe’s time was a World Best (no official 10 Mile World Record category exists per World Athletics) in a women-only event as well the U.S. women-only 10 Mile record (10 Miles is an official record distance recognized by USA Track & Field). En route, the rising star also set national women-only records at 10K (30:56) and 15K (46:24).

The Cherry Blossom champions also earned automatic eligibility to compete for the $20,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 28th PRRO Championship hosted by the Boilermaker 15K on Sunday, July 13, 2025 in Utica, NY.

The event, for the third straight year, served as the USATF Championships, and winning national titles were Hicks and Roe. Three-time defending U.S. 10 Mile champion Hillary Bor finished 4th in 45:30 and defending race champion Wesley Kiptoo was 5th (45:55).

In the men’s race, Hicks battled Alex Maier to the line with Maier, the 2025 USA Half Marathon champion, finishing national runner-up, one second back in 45:15, setting a U.S. record. Hicks, 23, who grew up in Jacksonville, FL and has dual USA-British citizenship, is eligible to compete in USA Championships, but because he has competed internationally for Great Britain, he cannot set a U.S. record per USATF rules.

Roe, 24, also the 2025 USA Half Marathon champion, was the runaway, unchallenged winner of the women’s race, finishing more than a minute ahead of Adane Anmaw of Ethiopia who ran 51:00. Emma Grace Hurley took third and national runner-up in 51:04; both were also under the previous course record of 51:14 set last year by Sarah Chelangat of Uganda.

At the 52nd edition, the top finishers took home $100,100 ($32,000 in the international division, $48,600 in the U.S. division and record & time bonus incentives totaling $19,500). Roe pocketed a bountiful $30,000 in prize and bonus money: $10,000 USA title, $6000 race win, $1000 sub-52:00, $5000 world best, $5000 U.S. record and $3000 event record, and Hicks earned a cool $20,000: $10,000 USA title, $6000 race win, $1000 sub-46:00 and $3000 event record.

In addition, PRRO recently announced a new points system in which the 2-10 finishers at the five Circuit events like Cherry Blossom earn points with the top 5 scorers overall before the PRRO Championship also qualifying to compete for the Super Bonus. Points standings can be found HERE.

“The Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile again delivered world class racing with an exciting men’s finish, U.S. titles and records, two automatic $20,000 PRRO Super Bonus qualifiers for the upcoming PRRO Championship, Super Bonus points for 2-10 finishers, and the capstone, Taylor Roe’s incredible World Best performance,” said PRRO President Don Kardong.

An event record 19,631 finishers covered the 10 Mile course in the nation’s capital on a flat, fast course that passes by all the major DC monuments and the legendary Japanese cherry trees in the annual “Runner’s Rite of Spring”. In addition, on Saturday, April 5, a record 7,224 finished the accompanying 5K, which was voted the Best 5K in the country by USA Today poll for 2023 and 2025. Both races were sold-out.

Complete race results HERE.

The next 2025 PRRO Circuit stop is the Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K in Spokane, WA on Sunday, May 4.

The PRRO Circuit showcases world class competition at five of America’s Classic Road Races™, the Gate River Run 15K in Jacksonville, FL, the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in Washington, DC, the Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K in Spokane, WA, the Boilermaker 15K in Utica, NY and the Quad-City Times Bix 7 in Davenport, IA. The 2024-25 PRRO Circuit offers more than $400,000 in guaranteed prize money overall with $113,600 for U.S. athletes. The PRRO Circuit, a nationwide series of premier non-marathon road racing events, is organized and promoted by the Professional Road Running Organization (PRRO), an alliance of race directors.

Schedule and PRRO Super Bonus event qualifiers below:

THE PRRO CIRCUIT 2024-25 SCHEDULE

Boilermaker 15K, July 14, 2024, Utica, NY

$65,100 in prize money ($14,500 U.S. prize money)

WINNERS: John Korir*, Kenya, 42:11 and Grace Loibach Nawowuna*, Kenya, 49:18

50th Quad-City Times Bix 7, July 27, 2024, Davenport, IA

$50,000 in prize money

WINNERS: Wesley Kiptoo*, Kenya, 32:27 and Rachael Chebet*, Uganda, 36:11

Gate River Run 15K, March 1, 2025, Jacksonville, FL

$57,000 in prize money ($16,000 U.S. prize money) plus $5000 Equalizer gender race and World, U.S. & course record bonus money

WINNERS: Wesley Kiptoo*, Kenya, 42:10 (event record) and Calli Hauger-Thackery*, Great Britain, 47:24

Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, April 6, 2025, Washington, DC

$80,600 in prize money ($48,600 U.S. prize money) plus performance bonuses

WINNERS: Charles Hicks*, USA, 45:14 and Taylor Roe*, USA, 49:53 (World Best)

Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K, May 4, 2025, Spokane, WA

$81,000 in prize money ($20,000 U.S. prize money)

THE 28th PRRO CHAMPIONSHIP

Boilermaker 15K, July 13, 2025, Utica, NY

$65,100 in prize money ($14,500 U.S. prize money) as well as:

• $20,000 PRRO Super Bonus to male or female champions who are either defending champions, have won any of the PRRO Circuit 2024-25 races or finished top 5 in the points system (split if both eligible male and female win)
• $2500 to male or female championship winners who have not won any races on the 2024-25 Circuit
• $1500 to eligible PRRO event champions, males and females, finishing in places 2-10

* = Automatically qualified to compete for the $20,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 2025 PRRO Championship

Reigning PRRO champions Tebello Ramakongoana and Sarah Naibei, who won the 2024 PRRO Championship at the Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K, were the first two athletes to earn a chance to compete for the $20,000 PRRO Super Bonus at the 2025 PRRO Championship. In pursuit of the Super Bonus, the pair join the seven qualified athletes who have won 2024-25 Circuit events thus far as well as any new runner who wins Bloomsday 2025 or finishes in the top 5 in the points system.

Only current PRRO Circuit event champions are eligible for the PRRO Event Champion’s Bonus ($1500 for eligible athletes who do not win the PRRO Championship but do finish in places 2-10 at the PRRO Championship).

If the male and/or female winners of this summer’s PRRO Championship at Boilermaker have not won any of the events on the current Circuit, they will be awarded $2500 each as the PRRO Championship winners in addition to the prize money at the PRRO Championship event.

To-date, PRRO Circuit events have produced 18 world and 22 U.S. road records, awarded more than $8.7 million in prize money and seen more than 2.7 million runners cross their finish lines. In addition, since 1996, the PRRO Championship race has paid out more than $2.2 million including $188,500 in PRRO Championship bonus money.

PRRO Championship and Circuit Year

The PRRO Circuit, launched in 1995, starts and finishes the Circuit Year at the same event that will also host the season-ending PRRO Championship race. The reigning titlists of the PRRO Championship, the event winners on the current Circuit and the top 5 in the PRRO Super Bonus points system are eligible to compete for the PRRO Super Bonus at the PRRO Championship.

Visit PRRO.org for more information, including its history and past champions, as well as how to join the PRRO Circuit.